Nut allergy..can he have chestnuts?

[JennaJ]

Does anyone know? my LO has a groundtree nut allerygy although we avoid tree nuts too to save confusion. Does anyone know are chestnuts actually nuts or just called chestnuts? Can you eat them if you have a nut allergy.

Thanks
Jenns

they are tree nuts

my ds is allergic to tree nuts and I wouldn't give them to him,although the consultant did sya he would be safe around conkers

To my knowledge they are not a nut, it is just their name, but I'm not an allergy specialist or anything, you might be better asking your doctor?

Hmmm...I think he can live without chestnuts!!

Better to be safe and I can't seem to find a definitive answer, some sites say its fine others say not.

Jenna

they are nuts but they more commonly sem to be dsicussed in terms of latex allergy than peanut (groundnut) allergy.

DSo - don't know but wouldn't risk them.